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The '''Interplanetary War''' was a large [[war|armed conflict]] waged throughout the [[Sol system]] between [[2164]] and [[2170]]. It was fought among the [[United Nations]]; the [[Communism|neo-communist]] [[Koslovics]], led by [[Vladimir Koslov]]; the [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Frieden]], backed by corporations of the [[Unified German Republic]]; and a number of other [[national government]]s. The fighting was the culmination of four prior years of war which included the [[Jovian Moons Campaign]], the [[Rainforest Wars]], and the [[Mars Campaign]].<ref name="HE33">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 33''</ref> Together with the Interplanetary War proper, these conflicts are sometimes collectively referred to as the '''Interplanetary Wars'''.<ref name="enc44">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 44'' (2011)</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 32''</ref>
The '''Interplanetary War''' was a large [[war|armed conflict]] waged throughout the [[Sol system]] between [[2164]] and [[2170]]. It was fought among the [[United Nations]]; the [[Communism|neo-communist]] [[Koslovics]], led by [[Vladimir Koslov]]; the [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Frieden]], backed by corporations of the [[Unified German Republic]]; and a number of other [[national government]]s. The fighting was the culmination of four prior years of war which included the [[Jovian Moons Campaign]], the [[Rainforest Wars]], and the [[Mars Campaign]].<ref name="HE33">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 33''</ref> Together with the Interplanetary War proper, these conflicts are sometimes collectively referred to as the '''Interplanetary Wars'''.<ref name="enc44">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 44'' (2011)</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 32''</ref>


==Background==
==Prelude==
As overpopulation and unrest mounted on [[Earth]], a number of new political movements were formed, including the [[Koslovics]] and the [[Jovian Moons|Jovian]] [[Frieden]] movement. The Frieden attacked [[United Nations colonial advisers]] on [[Io]], one of the moons of [[Jupiter]], and UN-sponsored military forces began a pattern of massive buildups which culminated with the Interplanetary War. Along with these buildups the UN used its increasing power to bring Earth's [[national government]]s under its power, forming the [[United Nations Space Command]], which combined Earth's distributed national militaries into a single, fully organized force.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia (2011)''', ''page 42''</ref> After a successful UNSC Marine attack on [[Mars]] recruitment drives and propaganda tactics strongly bolstered the UNSC's military.
===Koslovics and Friedens===
In the twentieth century humans finally escaped Earth's atmosphere [[Ancient humanity|once again]] to ascend into the inky depths of space.<ref name="HM47">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 47''</ref> The [[Wikipedia:Yuri Gagarin|first]] modern [[human]] traveled to the lower reaches of Earth's orbit in [[Wikipedia:1961|1961]] and then in [[Wikipedia:1969|1969]] humans [[Wikipedia:Apollo 11|set foot]] on [[Luna]] for the first time in millennia. Other bodies in the [[Sol system]] followed, and by [[2080]] Earth's nations had put together joint efforts to colonize [[Luna]], [[Mars]], and a handful of other sites in the system, including various [[asteroid]]s. Despite the daunting technological challenge of embedding sustainable populations on these worlds, new scientific innovations eventually made it a reality, and the interplanetary colonies saw growth and prosperity during these early years.<ref name="HM47"/>


The assault on Mars marked the beginning of a systematic and dedicated campaign to crush the remnants of the rebel forces on the various planets and outposts they held in the Sol system. Ultimately, Frieden and Koslovic forces were defeated in the face of a massive, unified, inspired, and very powerful UN military.<ref name="HE33"/> The year [[2170]] marked the end of the Interplanetary War with the [[Callisto Treaty]], with the Koslovic and Frieden commanders formally surrendering to the UNSC.<ref name="HE33"/>
In the mid-twenty-second century, two militant movements emerged among Earth's colonies, dramatically altering the political landscape.<ref name="HM47"/> The emergence of both was due in part to overpopulation and unrest on Earth itself.<ref name="Enc42">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', ''page 42''</ref> Those belonging to the first, originating in Mars' mining city of [[Oenotria]], were known as the [[Koslovics]].<ref name="HM47"/> They were named for the miner-turned activist [[Vladmir Koslov]] and his family. The neo-[[Communism|communist]] Koslovic miners railed against what they saw as their financial exploitation by the corporations which dominated the colony.<ref name="HM47"/><ref name="Enc42"/> They looked back on the [[Wikipedia:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]] of the twentieth century with nostalgia and romanticized state control over industry, seeking the elimination of corporate and capitalist influence from societal structures.<ref name="Enc42"/> After the violent takeover of three major mining facilities, the Koslovics were deemed [[Terrorism|terrorist]]s by the [[United Nations]]. Their ideas, however, gained momentum across Mars and rural parts of Luna among people who felt government-sponsored companies were violating colonists' rights.<ref name="HM47"/> Though the Koslovics did have some supporters on Earth, they operated primarily on orbital facilities, the aforementioned colonies, and parts of the [[Jupiter|Jovian]] system.<ref name="Enc42"/> The other hostile ideology, embodied by the [[Frieden]] movement, grew out of the major city [[Katreus]] on [[Europa]] and received backing from a group of corporate interests in the [[Unified German Republic]].<ref name="HM47"/><ref name="Enc42"/> Though 'frieden' is [[Germany|German]] for 'peace', the neo-[[Fascism|fascist]] [[Frieden]]s formed largely in response to Koslovic elements in the Jovian colonies and quickly turned to violence.<ref name="HM47"/><ref name="Enc42"/> In [[2158]] Frieden secessionists targeted a [[United Nations]] embassy in the Europan city of [[Thynia]] and leveled the structure with military-grade explosives.<ref name="HM47"/><ref name="Enc42"/> As with the Koslovics, the United Nations branded them terrorists as well, and then also dispatched UN colonial advisors to [[Io]], another [[Jupiter|Jovian]] [[Jovian Moons|moon]]. On Io the UN advisors were tasked with helping to organize police efforts.<ref name="HM47"/>
 
===Jovian Moon Campaigns===
In the years that followed few colonists remained neutral and both militant groups grew rapidly in support and resources.<ref name="HM47"/> The United Nations lacked the military capability to prevent this, so the Koslovics and Friedens spread their influence and activities largely unchecked across Luna, Mars, and the [[Jovian Moons|Jovian moon]]s. Eventually, the opposing politics of both led to a clash between the two, and by [[2160]] [[terrorism]] campaigns had escalated to full-scale war efforts. The resulting conflicts fought between the two factions would come to be known as the [[Jovian Moon Campaigns]]. These early battles foreshadowed the devastation of the Interplanetary War.<ref name="HM47"/>
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The Frieden attacked [[United Nations colonial advisers]] on [[Io]], one of the moons of [[Jupiter]], and UN-sponsored military forces began a pattern of massive buildups.
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===The Rainforest Wars===
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===The Mars Campaign===
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==War==
Along with these buildups the UN used its increasing power to bring Earth's [[national government]]s under its power, forming the [[United Nations Space Command]], which combined Earth's distributed national militaries into a single, fully organized force.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia (2011)''', ''page 42''</ref> After a successful UNSC Marine attack on [[Mars]] recruitment drives and propaganda tactics strongly bolstered the UNSC's military. The assault on Mars marked the beginning of a systematic and dedicated campaign to crush the remnants of the rebel forces on the various planets and outposts they held in the Sol system. Ultimately, Frieden and Koslovic forces were defeated in the face of a massive, unified, inspired, and very powerful UN military.<ref name="HE33"/> The year [[2170]] marked the end of the Interplanetary War with the [[Callisto Treaty]], with the Koslovic and Frieden commanders formally surrendering to the UNSC.<ref name="HE33"/>


The war saw the first military applications of [[Biological augmentation|bioaugmentation]] protocols, already used outside the military to adapt humans to the conditions of space and different colonial habitats.<ref name="enc44"/> These augmentations would serve as an early precursor to the enhancements used in the [[ORION Project]] and the subsequent [[Spartan|SPARTAN programs]]. Spacecraft-borne [[nuclear weapon]]s were also first employed during these conflicts.<ref>'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 74''</ref>
The war saw the first military applications of [[Biological augmentation|bioaugmentation]] protocols, already used outside the military to adapt humans to the conditions of space and different colonial habitats.<ref name="enc44"/> These augmentations would serve as an early precursor to the enhancements used in the [[ORION Project]] and the subsequent [[Spartan|SPARTAN programs]]. Spacecraft-borne [[nuclear weapon]]s were also first employed during these conflicts.<ref>'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 74''</ref>
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===Aftermath===
==Aftermath==
The [[Unified Earth Government]] was constituted as humanity's governing body by the UN in the immediate wake of the conflicts in 2170. After the war the UNSC were forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive population surges that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the interplanetary economy.<ref name="HE33"/>
The [[Unified Earth Government]] was constituted as humanity's governing body by the UN in the immediate wake of the conflicts in 2170. After the war the UNSC were forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive population surges that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the interplanetary economy.<ref name="HE33"/>


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Interplanetary War
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Date:

January 2164–March 2170[1]

Location:

Sol system

Outcome:

Callisto Treaty: The United Nations and the UNSC defeat both the Koslovics and the Frieden on Earth and crush their remnants throughout the Solar System.

Details
Belligerents

United Nations

Koslovics

Frieden

Commanders

UNSC High Command

Vladimir Koslov †

 

The Interplanetary War was a large armed conflict waged throughout the Sol system between 2164 and 2170. It was fought among the United Nations; the neo-communist Koslovics, led by Vladimir Koslov; the fascist Frieden, backed by corporations of the Unified German Republic; and a number of other national governments. The fighting was the culmination of four prior years of war which included the Jovian Moons Campaign, the Rainforest Wars, and the Mars Campaign.[2] Together with the Interplanetary War proper, these conflicts are sometimes collectively referred to as the Interplanetary Wars.[3][4]

Prelude

Koslovics and Friedens

In the twentieth century humans finally escaped Earth's atmosphere once again to ascend into the inky depths of space.[5] The first modern human traveled to the lower reaches of Earth's orbit in 1961 and then in 1969 humans set foot on Luna for the first time in millennia. Other bodies in the Sol system followed, and by 2080 Earth's nations had put together joint efforts to colonize Luna, Mars, and a handful of other sites in the system, including various asteroids. Despite the daunting technological challenge of embedding sustainable populations on these worlds, new scientific innovations eventually made it a reality, and the interplanetary colonies saw growth and prosperity during these early years.[5]

In the mid-twenty-second century, two militant movements emerged among Earth's colonies, dramatically altering the political landscape.[5] The emergence of both was due in part to overpopulation and unrest on Earth itself.[6] Those belonging to the first, originating in Mars' mining city of Oenotria, were known as the Koslovics.[5] They were named for the miner-turned activist Vladmir Koslov and his family. The neo-communist Koslovic miners railed against what they saw as their financial exploitation by the corporations which dominated the colony.[5][6] They looked back on the Soviet Union of the twentieth century with nostalgia and romanticized state control over industry, seeking the elimination of corporate and capitalist influence from societal structures.[6] After the violent takeover of three major mining facilities, the Koslovics were deemed terrorists by the United Nations. Their ideas, however, gained momentum across Mars and rural parts of Luna among people who felt government-sponsored companies were violating colonists' rights.[5] Though the Koslovics did have some supporters on Earth, they operated primarily on orbital facilities, the aforementioned colonies, and parts of the Jovian system.[6] The other hostile ideology, embodied by the Frieden movement, grew out of the major city Katreus on Europa and received backing from a group of corporate interests in the Unified German Republic.[5][6] Though 'frieden' is German for 'peace', the neo-fascist Friedens formed largely in response to Koslovic elements in the Jovian colonies and quickly turned to violence.[5][6] In 2158 Frieden secessionists targeted a United Nations embassy in the Europan city of Thynia and leveled the structure with military-grade explosives.[5][6] As with the Koslovics, the United Nations branded them terrorists as well, and then also dispatched UN colonial advisors to Io, another Jovian moon. On Io the UN advisors were tasked with helping to organize police efforts.[5]

Jovian Moon Campaigns

In the years that followed few colonists remained neutral and both militant groups grew rapidly in support and resources.[5] The United Nations lacked the military capability to prevent this, so the Koslovics and Friedens spread their influence and activities largely unchecked across Luna, Mars, and the Jovian moons. Eventually, the opposing politics of both led to a clash between the two, and by 2160 terrorism campaigns had escalated to full-scale war efforts. The resulting conflicts fought between the two factions would come to be known as the Jovian Moon Campaigns. These early battles foreshadowed the devastation of the Interplanetary War.[5] Template:Expand-Section

The Frieden attacked United Nations colonial advisers on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, and UN-sponsored military forces began a pattern of massive buildups. Template:Expand-Section

The Rainforest Wars

Template:Expand-Section

The Mars Campaign

Template:Expand-Section



War

Along with these buildups the UN used its increasing power to bring Earth's national governments under its power, forming the United Nations Space Command, which combined Earth's distributed national militaries into a single, fully organized force.[7] After a successful UNSC Marine attack on Mars recruitment drives and propaganda tactics strongly bolstered the UNSC's military. The assault on Mars marked the beginning of a systematic and dedicated campaign to crush the remnants of the rebel forces on the various planets and outposts they held in the Sol system. Ultimately, Frieden and Koslovic forces were defeated in the face of a massive, unified, inspired, and very powerful UN military.[2] The year 2170 marked the end of the Interplanetary War with the Callisto Treaty, with the Koslovic and Frieden commanders formally surrendering to the UNSC.[2]

The war saw the first military applications of bioaugmentation protocols, already used outside the military to adapt humans to the conditions of space and different colonial habitats.[3] These augmentations would serve as an early precursor to the enhancements used in the ORION Project and the subsequent SPARTAN programs. Spacecraft-borne nuclear weapons were also first employed during these conflicts.[8] Template:Expand-Section

Aftermath

The Unified Earth Government was constituted as humanity's governing body by the UN in the immediate wake of the conflicts in 2170. After the war the UNSC were forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive population surges that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the interplanetary economy.[2]

Humanity would not be able to expand beyond the confines of the Solar System until nearly two centuries later, with the discovery of slipspace travel in 2291 and the subsequent formation of the first Inner Colonies in 2362. Through interstellar colonization humanity would enter a new golden age, with its massive population stabilized across many off-system worlds and goods transported to Earth from the colonies.[9]

Timeline

A battle during the war.

2158

2160

  • Jovian Moons Campaign: Secessionist forces, mostly Frieden rebels, attack UN colonial advisers on Jupiter's moon Io. This leads to several months of fierce fighting between UN forces and Frieden rebels on the Jovian moons. Though it is not the first such engagement it is one of the bloodiest, leading other Earth governments to fight proxy wars off-planet and throughout the Solar system. This soon leads to the Rainforest Wars.[2]

2161

  • Late 2161: By this time, the Jovian Moons Campaigns had subsided; the bloodshed ceased for several months. Many believed that the worst of the fighting had past.[11]

2162

  • February: A series of bombings in South America ignites a nineteen-month conflict, known as the Rainforest Wars. The fighting would eventually spread across the entire continent. As the conflict rages, more violence is sparked throughout the Sol system.[2][11]
Unknown

2163

  • November: The leader of the Frieden movement, Nadja Mielke, is assassinated on her way to a command center in the Europan city of Pelagon.[11]
  • December: The Friedens retaliate against the Koslovics at Argyre Planitia, Mars, destroying the city in a matter of hours. The Koslovics retreat to the city's outskirts, where the fighting continues in the weeks that followed.[11]

2164

  • January: In response to the violence on Mars, the United Nations launches various lightning strikes against Koslovic forces in the Argyre Planitia. This is the first extraterrestrial deployment of the newly established UNSC Marine Corps.[2] The Mars Campaign would last for two full years, as the UNSC bombed Koslovic remnants, effectively wiping out all Martian oppostion.[11]
  • The United Nations Space Command is established by the United Nations to eliminate the various rebel organizations in the Sol system.[13]
  • The conflict later known as the Interplanetary War had officially begun. The UNSC forces begin a systematic and dedicated drive to crush the remnants of the Frieden and Koslovics throughout the Solar system.[2]

2167

  • Despite heavy losses on Mars, the Koslovics still exist on Luna and parts of Earth.
  • August: Vladimir Koslov and his family are killed in a bombing by Lake Autolycus on Luna, effectively destroying Koslovic leadership. The UNSC denies involvement in the event.[1]

2169

  • The UNSC invades Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, destroying hundreds of Frieden bases and weapons caches. The Friedens, now led by Nadja Mielke's nephew Oscar Bauer, are crushed and little remains of their movement by mid-2169.[1]
  • The last remaining Frieden and Koslovic leaders are apprehended by the UNSC, bringing the conflict to an end.[1]

2170

  • March: An official ceasefire agreement, the Callisto Treaty is signed, giving the UNSC military jurisdiction of all colonial settlements. The Unified Earth Government is formed in the wake of the conflict, becoming the seat of power for all future colonies.[2][1]

Trivia

This conflict was never given a proper name prior to the release of the Halo Encyclopedia. Instead, it was referred to simply as "the first real interplanetary war" in both the pre-release Halo: Combat Evolved timeline and the mirrored version on the Halo Wars official website. The title is capitalized as a section heading on the Halo Wars version, though the same is true of the rest of the timeline. Similar to the United Rebel Front, the use of "Interplanetary War" as an official name likely stems from Halopedia, as this wiki once capitalized all article titles as if they were proper nouns.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo Mythos, page 51
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia, page 33
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, page 44 (2011)
  4. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 32
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo Mythos, page 47
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Encyclopedia, page 42
  7. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011), page 42
  8. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 74
  9. ^ Official Halo Wars Community Site: Timeline
  10. ^ Halo Mythos, page 47
  11. ^ a b c d e Halo Mythos, page 50
  12. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page ???
  13. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 42

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